chapless, a.
(ˈtʃæplɪs)
[f. chap n.2 + -less.]
Without the lower jaw or chap.
| 1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iv. i. 83 Yellow chappels [chappeless] sculls. 1602 ― Ham. v. i. 97 Chaplesse, and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons Spade. 1812 W. Tennant Anster F. v. lxiv, Pale Death, the chapless and the grim. 1855 Fraser's Mag. LI. 225 Nor..does he..recognise the chapless bones with wonderful sagacity. |